Dr Maggie Roberts, director of veterinary services at Cats Protection, talks to Georgina Mills about early neutering of kittens. She explains how neutering at an earlier stage, at around 4 months of age, can help prevent unwanted litters. Read the full editorial by Dr Roberts here: http://veterinaryrecord.bmj.com/content/176/22/570.full

Veterinary journals podcast

Early neutering of cats and kittens

Doctors and the farming industry are often blamed for overuse of antibiotics that spurs the growing problem of antimicrobial resistance - but the professions are using different methods to combat resistance and reduce overuse. In this roundtable, we bring medics and vets together to discuss the problem - where antibiotic resistance arises, how resistance genes propagate through the environment and between countries, and what non-drug approaches can be used to reduce the need for antibiotics. Sandy Trees, Vet Record editor in chief, and retired veterinary surgeon Stuart Reid, principal of the Royal Veterinary College Jenny Bellini, cattle and dairy vet, Friars Moor Livestock Health in Dorset Peter Hawkey, professor of clinical and public health bacteriology, University of Birmingham Tim McHugh, professor of medical microbiology at University College London Emmanuel Wey, consultant in infection, Royal Free Hospital, London

Doctors and vets working together for antibiotic stewardship

In this podcast, Laura Honey talks to Andrew Cobner, president of the BCVA, about his plans for the presidential year.

Andrew Cobner's presidential year

In this podcast, Georgina Mills talks to Gudrun Ravetz, president of the BVA, about her plans for the presidential year.

Gudrun Ravetz's presidential year

In this podcast, we chat to Rachel Dean, director of the Centre for Evidence-based Veterinary Medicine at the University of Nottingham. The centre was this year's winner of the Veterinary Record Evidence Award.

Veterinary Record Evidence Award

Georgina Mills chats to Reuben Newsome, an author on the Veterinary Record Impact Award winning paper 'Claw length recommendations for dairy cow trimming'. The full paper can be found here: http://veterinaryrecord.bmj.com/content/177/9/222.full

Veterinary Record Impact Award

Georgina Mills chats to Rachel Moxon, canine research assistant at the charity Guide Dogs and author on a recent article in Veterinary Record about dog attacks on guide dogs in the UK. Rachel talks about the original paper published in 2010 when this research started to take place, and discusses the update article, which was published this year. The full 2016 article can be found at: http://veterinaryrecord.bmj.com/content/178/15/367.full

Incidence and impact of dog attacks on guide dogs in the UK

Primary healthcare is the basis of the veterinary profession, but is the profession becoming more specialised? In this podcast, Georgina Mills chats to Stephen May, deputy principle of the Royal Veterinary College, about the importance of primary healthcare. It accompanies his Viewpoint article 'Towards a scholarship of primary healthcare', which can be found here: http://veterinaryrecord.bmj.com/content/176/26/677.full

Towards a scholarship of primary healthcare

In this latest Veterinary Record podcast, we speak to Annelise Binois, a French veterinarian, who describes her job as an archaeologist. In her work, she looks at archaeological findings to decipher veterinary practices of the past. The full article can be found here: http://bit.ly/1L3dmET

Excavating the history of ancient veterinary practices

Human error is natural, and is something that all industries face, but what are the causes and types of error in veterinary practice? And how might this affect patient safety? In this latest Veterinary Record podcast, Georgina chats to Catherine Oxtoby, an author on a recent research article on this topic. The full text can be viewed here: http://bmj.co/veterrors

We need to talk about error

In this podcast, Georgina Mills chats to Rowena Packer and Holger Volk about their recent review article on epilepsy. The article focuses on 'epilepsy beyond seizures', and looks at the quality of life of the dogs affected. In addition, it draws parallels from human epilepsy research. The full article can be read here: http://veterinaryrecord.bmj.com/content/177/12/306.full

Epilepsy beyond seizures

Gill Harris chats to Hannah Jordan, parliamentary intern to Lord Trees, about her two-year internship and her future plans

Interview with parliamentary intern, Hannah Jordan

What do veterinary codes of conduct say, and what does this mean? Further, how much do codes differ from country to country. In this podcast, we speak to Manuel Magalhães-Sant’Ana, one of the authors on a recently published paper comparing different veterinary codes of conduct from around Europe. You can read the full paper here: http://veterinaryrecord.bmj.com/content/176/25/654.full

What do veterinary codes of conduct say and mean?

Lucy Coyne discusses her recent qualitative research looking at how UK pig vets and pig farmers think and feel about antimicrobial use in pigs, and how prescribing decisions are made. Link to full paper: http://veterinaryrecord.bmj.com/content/early/2014/09/09/vr.102686.full

Antimicrobial use and prescribing behaviours by pig veterinary surgeons and farmers in the UK

New research published in Veterinary Record explores how vets and vet nurses in the UK think and feel about their careers. The study indicates, among other things, that some vet nurses might feel that they're not being used to their full potential and that veterinary professionals tend to identify more strongly with their profession that they do to any individual organisation. The results could have implications for practising vets and nurses, recent graduates and practice managers. In this podcast, Sarah Page-Jones, one of the authors of the study, discusses the study. The full paper can be found here: http://veterinaryrecord.bmj.com/content/early/2015/01/06/vr.102784.full 

Career identity among vets and vet nurses

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